Elena Kolumba
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A Task about a Bank Account: "Henry just set up direct deposit from his employer..."
Henry just set up direct deposit from his employer to his checking account. The equation y=360x-126.13 represents the balance in Henry's account if he deposits his weekly paycheck for x weeks. Based on this equation, which of the following statements is true?
A) Henry earns $126.13 per week.
B) Henry made an initial deposit of $126.13.
C) Before setting up the direct deposit, Henry had overdrawn his account.
D) When Henry set up the direct deposit, he already had $360 in his account.
At first, I thought that the answer was the "B" one because "360x" must be Henry's salaries and "-126.13" then an initial deposit for making an account (that's why there's minus there).
It turned out that the answer "B" is incorrect. I chose the "D" one. (I recognized that "A" is nor right at the first look). The reason was that in the task they wrote "for x weeks" (not a week!). I thought it was a key, as if the person had at least 2 salaries then it was $360 (even more!).
At the end, I found out that the right answer was the "C" one. To be honest, I didn't understand why. If Henry could have a few salaries on his account then how was he able to overdraw it with just -126 dollars?
Thank You in advance!
Henry just set up direct deposit from his employer to his checking account. The equation y=360x-126.13 represents the balance in Henry's account if he deposits his weekly paycheck for x weeks. Based on this equation, which of the following statements is true?
A) Henry earns $126.13 per week.
B) Henry made an initial deposit of $126.13.
C) Before setting up the direct deposit, Henry had overdrawn his account.
D) When Henry set up the direct deposit, he already had $360 in his account.
At first, I thought that the answer was the "B" one because "360x" must be Henry's salaries and "-126.13" then an initial deposit for making an account (that's why there's minus there).
It turned out that the answer "B" is incorrect. I chose the "D" one. (I recognized that "A" is nor right at the first look). The reason was that in the task they wrote "for x weeks" (not a week!). I thought it was a key, as if the person had at least 2 salaries then it was $360 (even more!).
At the end, I found out that the right answer was the "C" one. To be honest, I didn't understand why. If Henry could have a few salaries on his account then how was he able to overdraw it with just -126 dollars?
Thank You in advance!
